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Crime
Transportation
Leah Horsey was transported on the Tory, departing 17th Mar 1845 and arriving 4th Jul 1845 with 172 passengers.
Built 1842 at Sunderland. Wood barque of 512 Tons. Three (3) sailings transporting convicts to Australia: 1845; 1846/47 & 1848. Passengers on the 1846 voyage are still being listed, on this site. Please note this if searching records.
Tory (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 91, Class and Piece Number HO11/14, Page Number 257 (130) |
| Source Description | This record is one of the entries in the British convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database compiled by State Library of Queensland from British Home Office (HO) records which are available on microfilm as part of the Australian Joint Copying Pro |
| Original Source | Great Britain. Home Office |
| Compiled By | State Library of Queensland |
| Database Source | British convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database |
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Convict Notes
Leah was left to cope alone after her husband Tom was transported to Tasmania for life as the result of sheep stealing. It appears that her 2 sons, George (23) and William (16) were determined to get to Australia to join their father, so, as was the case with a few desperate people who wished to escape the poverty of Britain for a free trip to Australia where they would eventually be able to settle into a new life, they commited the crime of sheep stealing. However, it appears to have backfired - they were tried at the Bridgewater Sessions on 3 July 1844 and George and William received 12 months imprisonment each, but Leah was sentenced to 10 years transportation for the crime of receiving the stolen meat.
Bristol Mercury Bristol, England 13 Jul 1844 PROVINCIAL INTELLIGENCE George Horsey and William Horsey, for stealing a sheep, which the above- named Leah Heorsey received, the property-of G. Langfield [John Quantock, an accomplice, was admitted Queen's evi- dence] There is also John Horsey (Thomas Arbuthnot 1847) who looks a likely candidate to being the son of Leah and Thomas.
Leah Horsey was the wife of Thomas Horsey ‘Tortoise 1841’ and was transported for ‘Receiving 5 lbs. of stolen meat’. Leah was 46 years old on arrival, 4’11 ¾” tall, fresh complexion, brown to grey hair, grey eyes. Her occupation was a 'Stay maker'. Listed as having 2 children but had at least 5, Elizabeth 1821, George 1822, Martha 1828, William 1827 and John 1830. Son William, wife Selina and 4 children arrived in VDL 27/1/1857 per ‘Greater Tasmania’. 2/7/1850: TOL 24/5/1853: CP 29/8/1858: Certificate, Hobart. 15/7/1877: Leah died aged 78 of old age and debilitis and was buried at the Cornelian Bay Cemetery, Paupers section. Thomas was also buried there 13/4/1877.